CHAP. XIV.--Discussion concerning the alleged Poisoning of the Sick in the Hospitals at Jaffa--Napoleon acquitted of the charge--French Army re-enter Cairo on the 14th June--Retrospect of what had taken place in Upper and Lower Egypt during Napoleon's Absence--Incursion of Murad Bey--18,000 Turks occupy Aboukir--Attacked and defeated--This Victory terminates Napoleon's career in Egypt--Admiral Gantheaume receives Orders to make ready for Sea--On the 22d August, Napoleon embarks for France--Arrives in Ajaccio on the 30th September--and lands at Frejus on the 9th October, 236 CHAP. XV.--Retrospect of Public Events since the Departure of Napoleon for Egypt--Invasion and Conquest of Switzerland--Seizure of Turin--Expulsion of the Pope--The Neapolitans declare War against France--The French enter Naples--Disgraceful Avarice exhibited by the Directory--Particularly in their Negotiations with the United States of America--Russia comes forward in the general Cause--Her Strength and Resources--Reverses of the French in Italy, and on the Rhine--Insurrections in Belgium and Holland against the French--Anglo-Russian Expedition sent to Holland--The Chouans again in the Field--Great and Universal Unpopularity of the Directory--State of Parties in France--Law of Hostages--Abbé Siêyes becomes one of the Directory--His Character and Genius--Description of the Constitution proposed by him for the Year Three--Ducos, Gohier, and Moulins, also introduced into the Directory--Family of Napoleon strive to keep him in the Recollection of the People--Favourable Change in the French Affairs--Holland evacuated by the Anglo-Russian Army--Korsakow defeated by Massena--and Suwarrow retreats before Lecourbe, 246 CHAP. XVI.--General rejoicing on the return of Buonaparte--Advances made to him on all sides--Napoleon Coalesces with Siêyes--Revolution of the 18th Brumaire (Nov. 9)--Clashing Views of the Councils of Ancients, and the Five Hundred--Barras and his Colleagues resign--Proceedings of the Councils on the 18th--and 19th--Sittings removed from Paris to St. Cloud--Commotion in the Council of Five Hundred--Napoleon menaced and assaulted, and finally extricated by his Grenadiers--Lucien Buonaparte, the President, retires from the Hall--Declares the Council dissolved--Provisional Consular Government of Buonaparte, Siêyes, and Ducos, 260